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Nilrale as a Manure. 



Vol. IV. 



From Oct. 1, J816, to April I, 1817, 

 whole amount of hay and straw 

 purchased for, and consumed by 

 the same number of horses, viz. 



$510 23 



Deduct on hand, April], 1817, 

 by estimation, four tons 

 more than there was Oct. 

 1, 18IG, at Jg25 per ton, $100 00 



Saving by the use of the Straw Cut- 

 ter, four months of the last six 

 months, or the difference in e.x- 

 pense in feeding with cut fodder 

 and that which is uncut 



Whole amount of hay used for the 

 horses of the Salem stage, twenty- 

 five in number, from April 1, to 



Oct. 1, 1616, viz 



At thirty dollars per ton (the low- 

 est price in Salem.) 



Whole amount consumed by the 

 same number of horses, from Oct. 

 1, 38J6, to April 1,1817, 

 T. cwt. qrs. lbs. 

 Straw 15 13 

 Hay 2 15 



Saving in using chopped fodder five 

 months, 



Total saving in using the straw cut- 

 ter nine months, viz. at Nevvbury- 

 port, four months, 



At Salem five months, 



$410 23 



389 77 



T. ewt. qrs. lbs. 

 22 



$660 00 



26S80 



39120 



389 77 

 39120 



Total,. 



Note. — A variety of Straw Cutters are for 

 sale at the Agricultural Warehouse, No. 87 

 North Second street, including- those repre- 

 sented above, " Green's," and others. 



From the Farmer's Monthly Visitor. 



Friend Hill : — As many people are very 

 fond of the intestine of our neat cattle, com- 

 monly called tripe, and many more would be, 

 if they understood cleansing and preparing it 

 for the table, I thought some might be pleased 

 with directions which will enable them to 

 prepare it in the best manner possible. 



The following is the method by which this 

 very valuable and highly palatable part of the 

 beef is prepared. After it is taken from the 

 creature, make an incision of about eighteen 

 inches, through which turn out the excre- 

 ment with care to keep the outside clean; 

 then turn it inside out and sew up this open- 

 ing perfectly tight : rinse oft' the remaining 

 impurities in warm water, put it into an 

 empty tub. After which, take two quarts of 

 air or dry slaked lime, which rub over it with 

 the hands, the liands being previously greased 

 to prevent the lime from corroding them. 

 Add about three quarts of warm water, in 

 which let it remain from fifteen to twenty 

 minutes. Then with a knife scrape it while 

 in the tub, and tlie inner pellicle or skin, to- 

 gether with the remaining filtli, will rapidly 



peel off", and leave the tripe perfectly white 

 and pure. Wash and rinse oft" all impurities: 

 after which, cut it into convenient slices to 

 boil : then put it to soak in cold water, with 

 the addition of a little salt, in which let it re- 

 main twenty-four hours, changing the water 

 three or four times. It has now become free 

 from all external impurities ; and that strong 

 rank taste, which in the ordinary process is 

 retained, is now extracted, and it is left per- 

 fectly sweet. 



Process of Cooking. — Boil it until it is 

 tender, then cut it into small pieces ; add but- 

 ter to it, warm it again, not so as to fry it, and 

 it is one of the most delicious and palatable 

 articles of food on the table. 



From the Farmer's Magazine. 

 Nitrate as a Manure* 



Sir, — In answer to your correspondent, 

 Mr. J. R. Barker, who inquires as to the use 

 of nitrate of potash, (saltpetre,) I beg to say, 

 it should be used as a top dressing in March 

 or April; and might then be put in those 

 parts where tliere is an evident failing in the 

 crop, but the growth must not depend on 

 saltpetre alone ; as a cheaper substitute, the 

 nitrate of soda has strong recommendations. 

 At the present time many spots on the Guild- 

 ford Downs show evidence of its beneficial 

 effects; but always, where there has been 

 also a portion of stable dung, or folding with 

 sheep, for the alkali is not only a food of it- 

 self to growing vegetables, but it acts as an 

 assistant in converting the oeleaginous matter 

 that may be in the land into a soap; by that 

 means tliey are soluble in water, and become 

 food to growing vegetables; alone, it is re- 

 commended as a top-dressing in the spring* 

 being exceedingly soluble, soon passes down 

 to the roots, therefore is best sown in wet 

 weather ; the sun has a tendency to injure 

 the leaves of plants when the sowing takes 

 place in its rays. Tills nitrate has been 

 mixed with the prepared humus manure, and 

 sown with the seed in the proportion of one 

 pound of nitrate to a busliel of manure; the 

 eftects have been good witli every seed — and 

 this coincides with the experiments made by 

 Mr. Robert Rigg, as published in the Farm- 

 ers Magazine for June last, of the influence 

 of nitrogen in the growth of vegetable sub- 

 stances. Of the price of this concentrated 

 nitrogen in the shape of cubic soda, it is 

 about 10/. per ton cheaper than the nitrate 

 of potash. E, J. Lance. 



Karossa Cottage, Bagshot, Aug. 3. 



With strength and counsel joined, think 

 nothing bard. 



In making innovations the utility should 

 be clear. 



